QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS4 Conversion Guide

Congratulations!
If you’re reading this guide, it’s because you’ve
joined—or are thinking of joining—a growing group
of QuarkXPress users who have discovered the many
benefits of using Adobe InDesign CS4 software. InDesign
is an immensely powerful page layout program, with
extraordinary typographic capabilities, innovative graphics
handling and page layout features, extensive productivity
tools, versatile long document and printing features,
support for creating interactive documents, and expansive
automation capabilities.
This booklet was created specifically
to help users of QuarkXPress
version 3, 4, 5, or 6 make the
switch to InDesign as quickly and
smoothly as possible.
If you’re a long-time QuarkXPress
user, you’ll find that there are
many similarities between the
two programs—for example, they
both make use of text and graphic
frames, pasteboards around
spreads, and master pages.
However, you’ll need to adjust to
some important differences between
QuarkXPress and InDesign. Don’t
worry—this booklet explains the
key differences between these two
programs, and it also introduces
you to powerful features available
only in InDesign.
If you need more step-by-step
information, refer to InDesign Help,
which is accessible from within
the application. Additionally, there
are many free Adobe and thirdparty
resources to help you quickly
learn InDesign. See ”InDesign CS4
Resources” on page 52.
If you’re familiar with other Adobe
graphics applications, such as
Adobe Photoshop® or Adobe
Illustrator®, your switch to InDesign
will be even easier. All the Adobe
Creative Suite® applications share
common commands, panels, and
keyboard shortcuts, so if you’re
familiar with one program, learning
the others is easy.
Top 10 Reasons to Use InDesign
Instead of QuarkXPress
Before we get into the differences
between the two programs, let’s
take a quick look at 10 compelling
reasons to use InDesign instead
of QuarkXPress.
1. Suite Integration. Effortlessly
work with Photoshop and
Illustrator files in your layouts,
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